VIDEO: Woman throws children out the window to save them from deadly blaze

Mila Aksakova was forced to act after her family became trapped on the fourth floor of a burning building in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan.

The amazing footage shows the 36-year-old hurling Vanya, 4, and Natalya, 13, out the window and onto the street below as the inferno threatens to engulf their home.

Fortunately both children survived and their mother was later rescued by firefighters.

In total 142 people were evacuated from the complex in the village of Energetic.

Fire brigade spokesman Damian Bulgakov, 43, said: "The fire started in the ground floor flat where a disabled woman had been living. We are not sure exactly what caused it yet and are still investigating that.

"The problem for the family was that by the time they noticed the fire it had cut off their opportunity to escape through the front door, and that meant they had to use the windows.

"With smoke filling the flat the mother made a decision to at least get her kids out before it was too late."